Estate Living Magazine Invest SA - Issue 41 May 2019 | Page 22

P R O P E R T Y
&
I N V E S T M E N T
ARABELLA
COUNTRY
ESTATE
THE PLEASURES OF INVESTING IN A MATURE DEVELOPMENT
With its famous golf course, 145-room
five-star hotel and spa, and 237 residential
stands set on 113 hectares of natural fynbos,
Arabella Country Estate has come into its
own – and it’s now begun to attract younger
families seeking an exceptional, safe,
country lifestyle that’s nevertheless close
enough to all the attractions of the big city.
What do you look for in a top-class, well-aged red wine? Style, certainly;
body and taste, definitely; but also the subtle, understated excellence that
comes to great wines only when they begin to mature; an excellence that
reflects an impeccable track record.
As with wines, so with Arabella Country Estate – the Kogelberg’s award-
winning residential development, golf course, hotel and spa on the shores
of the Bot River Lagoon.
Arabella drew rapturous reviews from the moment it opened to the
public in the late 1990s. The 18-hole course – designed by the prolific
Peter Matkovich – is a regular feature in golf’s top ten, and the hotel and